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Ship Logs Suggest Upcoming Polar Reversal
Nyerp writes "Researchers are using naval logs dating back as far as 1590 to arrive at better estimates of the decline of Earth's magnetic field. The results suggest that there may be a reversal of earth's magnetic field in about 2000 years." Also worth noting, our ancestors have lived through a number of polar reversals, and we're still here, so no need to fret!
Retroactive due to Global Warming, I bet!
This one's a no-brainer guys.
Just turn your compass around 180 degrees, then it'll be pointing South instead of North.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
The results suggest that there may be a reversal of earth's magnetic field in about 2000 years.
Let the War on Polar Reversal begin!
...faces when they return to the shop to complain about their compasses showing the wrong direction.
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
I hear the penguins call it the War of Northern Aggression.
Touched By His Noodley Appendage.
That will be interesting to see. They probably have a mechanism for handling it since it happens periodically.
I'm sure the biggest result of magnetic field reversal will be the number of PhDs granted.
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. - Edward R. Murrow
It's just the Earth's way of trying to degauss itself ... just not doing a very good job of it so far!
It won't affect my stereo because I'm using Monster
brand cables with a special anti polar reversal coating.
The extended warranty I was sold should keep it
functional for the 2000 years it takes to complete the process.
Man, Best Buy rocks!
According to those maps, the world was a different shape, and had huge monsters in the oceans.
I find it hard to believe that we shouldn't be concerned.
Give a hand, not a hand-out.
as long as the toilets in the northern hemisphere still flush clockwise.
Offsite backup poles?
Pull my finger for my public key.